Palmerston-Ashurst Railway

Manawatu Standard, Volume VIII, Issue 128, 7 November 1884, Page 2

Palmerston-Ashurst Railway

PUBLIC MEETING.

■i :; A public meeting was held m the Town Hall last evening for the purpose of taking further action with reganl to getting- the junction of the Goraje Railway a t Pahnerston. His Worship the. Mayor occupied the chair, and referred to the petition which rhad fefcen sent : dbwn r to?%ell,ington and ,the prompt action Mr Macaruhur had taken _m the, matter by waiting on thie Ministry ; alTonco when he had heard of what was being done m Palmerston. He thea read the following telegram which he had reeeired that day :^— " Have interviewed Yogel, Bat lance, and Richardson about juivc&um. • AlL 'favorable to 36hedul0 |ofLoan i Act of 1882J whichr«ivei QoTernment power ( to make junction at Pal* merston. Richardson gives written prbraise td'thal effec'ti'^'rime ta Bu^nythorpe wilhbe i}one also irfiea "traffic warranis it. X>. H7 liacarth^r.r V f 7 ■v . r Hie Chairman, though ß that then was no, need .discp^; the .fuitheras s^t|^ Mr Lmton roseto propofß,a .bfif^ctj vote of thanks to Mr i^acarthiiur- H« thought the 'action x 6t v th*e' Feildinf people was caißerttditable, and wa« ■■P^-^l P»! a^..^..,Maoai;thi« m a awkVara pos^Jß, tnpwfo; ;^,^ey W the n^mise that gentl§RJaD had .question. r . . Macarthwr , JaJ'' ex,. nibited dow^n|;ht v st"eriiii,g 'qualities m the matter and pfovetl niniseU fully entitled to-tiieir confideneftT^ *-* ■ ■•« Mr J'ratt had much ple»9nro m seconding the vote- of thanks. Althongh an opponent at.theUast; flec:ttyn, ■;> he cot^idered M^fKaMthur had fully carried 1 out his promises to the Palmerston people. the re^pechye fineg] aud considered the one to Palnjewton could be 1 donft much cheaper^ He ?also spoke m terms of. praise of Mr Macarthur's %ha? th» vote of thanks might be telegraphed, and advantagewas taken of the tele* graph office being" opNftn "bf sending it at „Once;, „.., • •,...;• '„;,y ;H. .;--i7,' *\ ■ The Chairman then proposed as the House,;would soon I be prorogued-, that some demonstration might be accord,ed ours member o^his- arrival in'fPal* \ merstqn, Mr.Macartbnr had 4ott<s a ; groat. seuvice : for r the dintricti and«oggested a public .dinneri- ,.. • h-.r: ,^ Mr -Linton thought thaiWisay© woable,, the Borough Councillors:*** te* presentatives <ff the people mightbfl a cotaraittoe to cany, out the>ilvrange^ments. ■ ■ •; ; r:: - :ij ,! . ; -'i \,, u: „..,Mr Pvattsuggested that:the m*Abers pf the Mooayraituiload Bottd might be added, which was.accordingly done, . ..\:, r .'.',, "•>■;} •;! ;>->'d-jU:Li{ Jt was then; decided that* public dinner be given to Mr Macarthur.H. ; Mr Hush/., wanted -to, inowlWhit WOTild be the price of the dinner,'because if it was aiguipea,:only the«rl»- - -,; tpcrajts of PalnteraJson i would bo able to attend it, . '■■,'<uy.'.'. '•)■>::-■..•■■-' J -jrli ; A suggestion Waa ! thrown oat > with regard to therproquringof p band .and * fUfjp , , of , presenting ' (Mr M<*oartbti> with an address signed, by^alltbcwe willing to do so. These matters were , left to theTxiramittee to carry oat^tad with a, vote of thanks, to the chair tht meethig ; terminated. ' f " v ■*'*